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Free entry for Taste of The Islands festival in Broward

Steel drums and other live entertainment, an art fair & food vendors are featured at Taste of The Islands festival in Broward. 

Festivities in 2023 are are 3 p.m. – 11 p.m. June 24 at Vizcaya Park, 14200 SW 55th St., Miramar 33027. Entry is free. Parking is free. RSVP online  is recommended.

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Taste of The Caribbean Islands includes

  • Steel drums
  • Nadia Batson
  • Julien Believe
  • Singing Melody
  • Food demonstrations
  • Moko jumbies
  • book fair
  • art fair

Other Caribbean events

Free entry for Colors of Caribe Festival

Free Caribbean entertainment & events in Fort Lauderdale

Free & inexpensive things to do this weekend in South Florida

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Other events, including free & inexpensive events

Thursday, March 28, 2024

Free admission, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

9:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

Jazz at Jackson, Miami

12:00 pm | FREE | Alamo Park, Miami-Dade

Outdoor Marine Aquarium Feeding, daily, Boca Raton

12:30 pm to 12:50 pm | FREE | Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

Shark & Stingray Feedings, Delray Beach

1:00 pm | $10.00 | Sandoway Discovery Center, Delray Beach

Free activities for kids at Ikea in Sunrise

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Ikea in Sunrise

Loggerhead Marinelife Center: Fish Feeding Talks

1:30 pm to 12:00 am | FREE | Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach

Public Walking Tour, Manatee Lagoon, WPB

2:00 pm | FREE | Manatee Lagoon, Palm Beach

Animal feedings at nature center, WPB

3:30 pm | FREE | Okeeheelee Nature Center, West Palm Beach

Egg hunt in Fort Lauderdale

4:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Carter Park

Egg hunt in Fort Lauderdale

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | Bass Park Fort Lauderdale

Spring Fling with egg hunts in Pompano

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Pompano Beach Community Park

Food Truck Roll in Lauderhill

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Lauderhill City Hall

Food Truck Thursdays at Highland Oaks Park

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Highland Oaks Park

Egg hunt in Fort Lauderdale

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Croissant Park in Fort Lauderdale

Free Thursdays at PAMM: Backroom Sessions

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)

Live music: Clematis by Night, West Palm Beach

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | West Palm Beach Waterfront

Play all you want mini-golf deal in Pembroke Pines

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $13.00 | AllGolf

Food Trucks in Plantation

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Plantation Heritage Park

Free Twilight concert: The Cure tribute, Delray Beach

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Old School Square, Delray

Free Barbie movie with RSVP, West Palm

6:30 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | The Square, West Palm Beach

Free live music at Hollywood beach bandshell

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hollywood beach bandshell

Live music at Doral Yard

7:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | Doral Yard

Trivia nights in Broward

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE

Free live music series at The Betsy Hotel

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | The Betsy Hotel

Friday, March 29, 2024

Kids read to dogs during 'Furry Tales' at Miami libraries

FREE | Miami-Dade Public Library System

Springfest, Delray Beach

FREE | Miller Park, Delray Beach

Free admission, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

9:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

Guided nature hike, Jupiter

9:00 am | FREE | Riverbend Park, Jupiter

RSVP for: Egg hunt, music, arts & crafts, face painting, vendors and bunny photos, WPB

10:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | 2 Little Chicks Coop, West Palm Beach

Outdoor Marine Aquarium Feeding, daily, Boca Raton

12:30 pm to 12:50 pm | FREE | Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

Shark & Stingray Feedings, Delray Beach

1:00 pm | $10.00 | Sandoway Discovery Center, Delray Beach

Free Lego build project for kids at Ikea in Sunrise

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | Ikea in Sunrise

Loggerhead Marinelife Center: Fish Feeding Talks

1:30 pm to 12:00 am | FREE | Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach

Public Walking Tour, Manatee Lagoon, WPB

2:00 pm | FREE | Manatee Lagoon, Palm Beach

Animal Feeding: Aquatic Turtles, Boynton Beach

2:15 pm | FREE | Green Cay Nature Center & Wetlands, Boynton Beach

Animal feedings at nature center, WPB

3:30 pm | FREE | Okeeheelee Nature Center, West Palm Beach

Food trucks in Tamarac

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Tamarac community center

Food truck gathering

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Tropical Park, South Miami

Art After Dark: Live performances, tours, workshops, Fridays at The Norton, WPB

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $5.00-10.00 | Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach

Smorgasburg Miami weekly street fair with music

5:30 pm to 10:30 pm | FREE | Lincoln Road Mall, Miami Beach

Live entertainment at Dania Pointe

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Dania Pointe

Free live music series at The Square, WPB

6:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | The Square, West Palm Beach

Jai-Alai, spring season, Miami

6:30 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Magic City Fronton, Miami

Soca Step Dance Aerobics in Sunrise

7:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Sunrise city park

Silver Wings Band in Hollywood

7:00 pm to 8:30 pm | FREE | Boulevard Heights community center

Jam on percussion for free

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | South Florida Center for Percussive Arts

Free live music at Hollywood beach bandshell

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hollywood beach bandshell

Jazz at MOCA, North Miami

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)

Free live music series at The Betsy Hotel

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | The Betsy Hotel

Live Music at Doral Yard

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Doral Yard

Free outdoor films in Hollywood

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Hollywood ArtsPark

Free Live Music

8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Books and Books Coral Gables

Saturday, March 30, 2024

Farmers markets & vendor fairs

FREE | Broward, Dade & greater Palm Beach

Kids read to dogs during 'Furry Tales' at Miami libraries

FREE | Miami-Dade Public Library System

Springfest, Delray Beach

FREE | Miller Park, Delray Beach

$5 all-day fares weekends on Tri-Rail

5:00 am to 11:30 pm | $5.00

Plantation Farmers Market

8:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Volunteer Park Plantation

Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt, Lantana

8:30 am | FREE | Maddock Park, Lantana

Spring Egg Hunt in Margate

9:00 am to 10:00 am | FREE | Margate sports complex

Hippity Hoppity Egg Hunt in Davie

9:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Bamford Park in Davie

Spring Fling Easter Egg Hunt

9:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Miami Lakes Veterans Park

Egg hunt & activities in Lauderhill

9:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE

Delray GreenMarket

9:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Old School Square, Delray

Free admission, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

9:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

Eggstreme Egg Hunt in Coral Gables

9:00 am | FREE | Venetian Pool, Coral Gables

Peter CottonTail Springfest in Tamarac

9:30 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Tamarac Park

Royal Egg Hunt & fun in Weston

10:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Weston Regional Park

Splash Eggcitement in Deerfield

10:00 am to 12:00 pm | $7.50-10.50 | Quiet Waters Park

North Miami Spring Egg Hunt

10:00 am to 12:00 pm | $2.00-5.00 | Elaine Gordon Enchanted Forest Park

Egg hunt in Fort Lauderdale

10:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Mills Pond Park

Egg-stravaganza, Boynton Beach

10:00 am to 12:00 pm | FREE | Centennial Park, Boynton Beach

Village of Biscayne Park Spring Egg Hunt

10:00 am to 12:30 pm | FREE | Ed Burke Recreation Center, North Miami

Egg hunt in Dania

10:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Dania Beach Frost Park

Eggfest 2024

10:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Brave Church of Westchester

City of Hialeah Eggstravaganza

10:00 am to 3:00 pm | $6.00-18.00 | Milander Park

Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU free every Saturday

10:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU

Free Museum of Art admission for WPB residents & military Saturdays

10:00 am to 5:00 pm | FREE | Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach

Sawgrass Farmer's & Artisan's market

10:00 am to 8:00 pm | FREE | Sawgrass Mills

Regal Cinemas Saturday Morning Kids Flicks for $2

10:00 am | Discounted | Regal Cinemas

Egg'stravaganza, Greenacres

10:00 am | FREE | Samuel J. Ferreri Community Park, Greenacres

Egg-stravaganza, Boynton Beach

10:00 am | FREE | Centennial Park, Boynton Beach

Royal egg hunt in Sunrise

10:30 am to 11:00 am | FREE | Sunrise Sportsplex

Easter Egg Hunt at Schenley Park

10:30 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Schenley Park

Free film: Sea Turtles of the Palm Beaches

10:30 am | FREE | Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach

Free Photos With The Easter Bunny, WPB

11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | The Square, West Palm Beach

Easter Egg Drop

11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Charles Hadley Park, Miami

Train rides, petting zoo, hayrides in Davie

11:00 am to 4:00 pm | $0-15.00 | Marando Farms

Eggstreme Egg Hunt in Coral Gables

11:00 am | FREE | Coral Bay Park

Science Stories for age 5+, Boca Raton

11:30 am | FREE | Sugar Sand Park, Boca Raton

Farm Tours at Tradewinds Park

11:30 am to 2:00 pm | $3.00-4.50 | Tradewinds Park

Free tour of the Adrienne Arsht Center

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | FREE | Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami

Model Volleyball, Miami Beach

12:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | The Raleigh Hotel

561 Music Festival, Lake Worth

12:00 pm to 11:00 pm | $10.00 | Mathews Brewing Co., Lake Worth

Outdoor Marine Aquarium Feeding, daily, Boca Raton

12:30 pm to 12:50 pm | FREE | Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

Shark & Stingray Feedings, Delray Beach

1:00 pm | $10.00 | Sandoway Discovery Center, Delray Beach

Downtown Palm Beach Gardens free outdoor music series

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Downtown at the Gardens

Egg hunts at pool in Davie

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm | $5.00 | Pine Island Aquatics

Merrick House Museum Guided Tours

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | $0-5.00 | Merrick House Museum, Miami-Dade

Afternoon: Free live music series at The Square, WPB

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | The Square, West Palm Beach

Live entertainment at Dania Pointe

1:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Dania Pointe

Alligator feedings at nature center, WPB

1:00 pm | FREE | Okeeheelee Nature Center, West Palm Beach

Loggerhead Marinelife Center: Fish Feeding Talks

1:30 pm to 12:00 am | FREE | Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach

Marshmallow drop & Easter fun in Hollywood

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Boulevard Heights community center

Public Walking Tour, Manatee Lagoon, WPB

2:00 pm | FREE | Manatee Lagoon, Palm Beach

Free screening of "Tell it like a Woman"

5:00 pm | FREE | Bill Cosford Cinema

Live Music on the Plaza

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | CityPlace Doral

Fort Lauderdale Art Walk

6:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Music & Arts South of Sunrise district

Free live music at Hollywood beach bandshell

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hollywood beach bandshell

Trivia nights in Broward

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE

Free live music series at The Betsy Hotel

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | The Betsy Hotel

Free New World Symphony WALLCAST Concert

8:00 pm to 9:30 pm | FREE | New World Center, Miami Beach

Live Music at Doral Yard

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Doral Yard

Free Screening of "Priscilla""

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Bill Cosford Cinema

Night sky viewing with telescopes in west Broward

8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Fox Observatory

Free Live Music

8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Books and Books Coral Gables

Discount late-night movies

9:00 pm to 11:30 pm | $5.00 | Coral Gables Art Cinema

Sunday, March 31, 2024

Farmers markets & vendor fairs

FREE | Broward, Dade & greater Palm Beach

$5 all-day fares weekends on Tri-Rail

5:00 am to 11:30 pm | $5.00

Pinecrest drive-up Farmer's Market

8:00 am to 2:00 pm | Pinecrest Gardens

Palmetto Bay Farmer's Market

8:30 am to 3:00 pm | FREE | Coral Reef Park

Tamarac Farmers Market

9:00 am to 12:00 am | FREE | Veterans Park Tamarac

Bowling deal at SparZ lanes in Davie

9:00 am to 11:00 am | Discounted

Vizcaya weekly farmer's market

9:00 am to 2:00 pm | Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

Free admission, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

9:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

Easter in the Park, Boca Raton

10:00 am to 1:00 pm | FREE | Mizner Park in Boca

Easter Egg Hunt

10:00 am to 1:30 pm | FREE | 501 Brickell Ave.

Sawgrass Farmer's & Artisan's market

10:00 am to 8:00 pm | FREE | Sawgrass Mills

Free film: Sea Turtles of the Palm Beaches

10:30 am | FREE | Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach

Free Photos With The Easter Bunny, WPB

11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | The Square, West Palm Beach

Epic Egg Hunt

11:00 am to 2:00 pm | FREE | Normandy Village Fountain

Train rides, petting zoo, hayrides in Davie

11:00 am to 4:00 pm | $0-15.00 | Marando Farms

Farmer's Market at Village of Merrick Park

11:00 am to 5:00 pm | Merrick Park

Farm Tours at Tradewinds Park

11:30 am to 2:00 pm | $3.00-4.50 | Tradewinds Park

Easter Funday with The Salty Pop Up - Aventura

12:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Esplanade Park

11th Annual Easter Day Eggstravaganza presents Spring & Easter Fun

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | $10.00-15.00 | Miami Dade College North Campus

Free entry for Fort Lauderdale residents to NSU Art Museum

12:00 pm to 5:00 pm | FREE | NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale

Free admission: The Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach

12:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Bass Museum of Art

Model Volleyball, Miami Beach

12:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | The Raleigh Hotel

Outdoor Marine Aquarium Feeding, daily, Boca Raton

12:30 pm to 12:50 pm | FREE | Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

Easter Egg Hunt at Julia & Henry's

12:30 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Julia & Henry's, Miami

Shark & Stingray Feedings, Delray Beach

1:00 pm | $10.00 | Sandoway Discovery Center, Delray Beach

Merrick House Museum Guided Tours

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm | $0-5.00 | Merrick House Museum, Miami-Dade

Spring Fest and Eggapalooza

1:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Nomi Village

Free tour of historic Biltmore Hotel

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm | FREE | Biltmore Hotel

Free Family Day at Bass Museum of Art

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Bass Museum of Art

Family Day events at The Bass, Miami Beach

2:00 pm to 4:00 pm | FREE | Bass Museum of Art

Family Sundays at Dania Pointe with entertainment & games

2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | FREE | Dania Pointe

Live entertainment at Dania Pointe

2:00 pm to 6:00 pm | Dania Pointe

Market on the Plaza

2:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | CityPlace Doral

Public Walking Tour, Manatee Lagoon, WPB

2:00 pm | FREE | Manatee Lagoon, Palm Beach

CMX Classics discount film

3:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $6.00-7.00 | CMX Cinemas

Ocean Drive Promenade Music Series

5:00 pm to 7:30 pm | FREE | Ocean Drive Promenade, Miami Beach

Tropical Sundays Live Music

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm | FREE | Doral Yard

Free live music at Hollywood beach bandshell

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hollywood beach bandshell

$12 Adult Skate Night in Fort Lauderdale

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $12.00 | Xtreme Action Park

Free live music series at The Betsy Hotel

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | The Betsy Hotel

Salsa dance class

9:00 pm | FREE | Ball & Chain

Monday, April 1, 2024

Free tour of the Adrienne Arsht Center

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm | FREE | Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami

Outdoor Marine Aquarium Feeding, daily, Boca Raton

12:30 pm to 12:50 pm | FREE | Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

Loggerhead Marinelife Center: Fish Feeding Talks

1:30 pm to 12:00 am | FREE | Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach

Free Noche de Arte

5:00 pm to 7:00 pm | FREE | InterContinental Hotel

Food Trucks in Hollywood

5:30 pm to 9:00 pm | FREE | Hollywood ArtsPark

Free Improv class every Monday in Palmetto Bay

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Palmetto Bay Library

Trivia nights in Broward

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE

Free live music series at The Betsy Hotel

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | The Betsy Hotel

Free group bike ride in Fort Lauderdale

7:30 pm to 9:00 pm | Tarpon River Brewing

Comedy Night at Sandbar Sports Grill

8:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | Sandbar Sports Grill, Miami-Dade

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Discounts at Cinemark on Tuesdays

All Day | Discounted | Cinemark

Regal Theatres: Discounted movie tickets on Tuesdays

All Day | $5.00-7.00 | Regal Cinemas Multiple Locations

Free admission, Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

9:00 am to 4:00 pm | FREE | Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

Free yoga at library in Plantation

12:00 pm to 1:30 pm | FREE | West Regional Library

Outdoor Marine Aquarium Feeding, daily, Boca Raton

12:30 pm to 12:50 pm | FREE | Gumbo Limbo Nature Center, Boca Raton

Shark & Stingray Feedings, Delray Beach

1:00 pm | $10.00 | Sandoway Discovery Center, Delray Beach

Loggerhead Marinelife Center: Fish Feeding Talks

1:30 pm to 12:00 am | FREE | Loggerhead Marinelife Center, Juno Beach

Kids play free mini-golf deal in Pembroke Pines

4:00 pm to 9:00 pm | Discounted | AllGolf

Tasty Tuesday food trucks, Boca Raton

5:00 pm to 8:30 pm | Sunset Cove Amphitheater, Boca Raton

Market Tuesdays at CityPlace Doral

5:00 pm to 9:00 pm | CityPlace Doral

Food Trucks Tuesdays

5:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE | Haulover Beach Park

$5 Retro Replay Films

7:00 pm to 9:00 pm | $5.00 | Landmark Theatre at Merrick Park, Coral Gables

Trivia nights in Broward

7:00 pm to 10:00 pm | FREE

Free live music series at The Betsy Hotel

7:00 pm to 11:00 pm | FREE | The Betsy Hotel

Comedy Open Mic Night, Delray

8:00 pm to 10:00 pm | $10.00 | Arts Garage, Delray Beach

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